[B-Greek] Acts 16,31

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Mar 31 20:27:51 EST 2004


At 5:03 PM -0800 3/31/04, Eddie Mishoe wrote:
>hOI DE EIPAN, PISTEUSON EPI TON KURION IHSOUN, KAI
>SWQHSHi SU KAI hO OIKOS SOU
>
>SU and hO OIKOS SOU are said to be compound subjects.
>Is that open for discussion or is it grammatically the
>only option? As compound subjects, they would both
>modify the verb PISTEUSON, right? (The reason for this
>question stems from the non-Greek teachers who say
>that the jailer alone believed, but his household
>received salvation based on his belief.)

I wonder if you've been following the discussion on Acts 16:31 earlier
today--it's all part of the thread you started on Acts 16:32 and 34.

This is not exactly a "compound subject" which would normally, I think,
call for a plural verb; I'd call KAI hO OIKOS SOU an "add-on subject"--i.e.
the predicate is already stated SWQHSHi: "you will be saved"--and then it's
clarified by the appended SU KAI hO OIKOS SOU, perhaps to be loosely
conveyed, "and not only you but your household as well."
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
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